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Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
Ciao Firenze :)
... then headed to the TIM store to buy a cell phone sim card. We got a good deal - pay 11 euros and receive 5 euro credit - incoming calls free and the cost of calling India was pretty cheap (20 cents a minute if I remember correctly!). Next we went to the Firenze SMN station with the intention of buying train tickets but ended up shopping :) Strangely, some of the shopkeepers were very rude - specially this one man, who ended up blabbering (probably cursing us) in Italian and shaking ...
Steak!!!
... ine Steak! 普通に美味 ;しかったᦉ 4;♪ 肉~♥って 感じやった ;。笑 他に何か食 ;べてんけӗ 3;聞きとれ| 35;かった...。 デザートは ;panforteっていӓ ...
First dinner out
... Brian got what looked like a tiny little chocolate croissant, but the chocolate was creamy like Nutella.
We continued our walk to a restaurant we had heard about, but when we got there, it was closed. But, as luck would have it, walking around, we found a restaurants with decent prices posted and it was empty. I'll let Brian input on what the dinner was like;
(Brian will post something as soon as we awakes from his nap)
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Falling in Love with Italy
... morning we decided it would be best to do "inside stuff" and save the outdoors for when it cleared up to have pretty pictures. We got a little distracted on the way with shops, but we first went to the Galleria dell' Accademia where the David statue is held. This is a really popular statue made by Michelangelo of David from David and Goliath, but we weren't allowed to take pictures inside so I can't show it. It was a lot bigger than what I had expected. ...